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The main women's prison, Escuela Industrial para Mujeres Vega Alta, opened in 1954, replacing a prison in Areceibo. Work began on the facility in 1952. Puerto Rico also operates the Hogar de Adaptación Social en Vega Alta, which opened in 1987, and the Hogar Intermedio para Mujeres in Río Piedras, which opened in 1996. [17]
Rio Grande Detention Center is a privately owned prison for men located in Laredo, Webb County, Texas, operated by GEO Group under contract with the U.S. government Office of the Federal Detention Trustee. The prison was originally built in 2007, opened in 2008, and has an official capacity of 1900 federal detainees awaiting trial.
Spanish Neoclassical building from 1887 that has functioned as a prison, a Bacardi factory and public library. Today it hosts the Puerto Rico General Archives. [4] 8: Casa Dr. Bailey K. Ashford: Casa Dr. Bailey K. Ashford: September 16, 2022 : 1312 Ashford Ave.
The Rio Grande (/ ˌ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r æ n d / or / ˌ r iː oʊ ˈ ɡ r ɑː n d eɪ /) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈβɾaβo ðel ˈnoɾte]), also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, [7] is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the ...
The Texans were marched 2,000 miles south to prison in Veracruz, although released to return to Texas in 1842. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The humiliation caused by the defeat of the 1841 expedition and the opinion that the Texans captured were treated unjustly led to a desire in 1843 for revenge, plus a renewed effort by Texas to capture eastern New Mexico ...
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16, 1824 – October 30, 1894), also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina, the Red Robber of the Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Robin Hood, was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero.
Eagle Pass is so named because the contour of the hills through which the Rio Grande flows bore a fancied resemblance to the outstretched wings of an eagle. [6] General William Leslie Cazneau (1807–1876) founded the Eagle Pass townsite in the 1840s. [7] In 1850, Rick Pawless opened a trading post called Eagle Pass. In 1871, Maverick County ...
The institution opened in 1933 [2] under the government of James R. Beverley, and came to substitute the Puerto Rico Prison established by Spaniards in the 19th century. On April 17, 1991, a spectacular escape occurred which involved landing a helicopter in the prison, and some inmates escaped.